Former athlete assassinated by right wing extremists | ASSASSINS
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The Greek Olympic long jumper Grigoris Lambrakis was assassinated by right wing extremists in front of police and a crowd of witnesses. Just one month earlier he had walked the full Marathon route in Greece to protest war and military power. His killing shook the nation and foreshadowed the rise of the military dictatorship he had long feared was coming. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 CHAPTERS 00:00 The Nazi Olympics of 1963 02:24 Hello my friend 04:14 World War II & civil unrest 05:30 The Nazi withdrawal 06:15 Greece goes right 07:21 The Marathon peace march 09:32 Assassination 11:07 Aftermath 12:50 ‘Z lives!’ 13:56 The Athens marathon Host: Aslan Pahari Producer: Hannah Jose Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Chloe Farrington, Dylan Behan Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSI
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